(3) Functional safety software that supports system development for functional safety

To implement functional safety, the Renesas R-Car H3 and R-Car M3 SoCs feature multiple hardware IPs to support their safety concept. This includes the runtime self-test system that Renesas announced at the ISSCC 2016 conference. This technology achieves the required diagnostic coverage of functional safety and reduces interruptions to programs running during the tests while taking advantage of multi-core CPUs to perform self-tests to detect faults. Renesas supports system development that supports functional safety by providing software that controls this safety mechanism. Renesas intends sequentially to roll out a variety of functional safety software packages.

”Today’s automotive OEMs and Tier 1s require a proven run-time software foundation to build production-grade automotive electronics,” said Tim Reed, Vice President of Advanced Products, Green Hills Software. “The INTEGRITY real-time operating system with Multivisor secure virtualization is an ASIL-certified and secure microkernel architecture, a flexible platform for system designers to mix guest OS systems with safety and security-critical functions across multiple cores, while leveraging the R-Car’s high-performance features. As the first company to deploy virtualization into the automobile we are happy to continue to work with Renesas as the first virtualization platform on Renesas’ high-performance R-Car devices.”

As a solution provider, Renesas is committed to providing solutions that support the early development of automotive computing systems and advanced driving assistance systems by collaborating with partners and contribute a safe and secure automotive future.

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About Renesas Electronics Corporation

Renesas Electronics Corporation ( TSE: 6723) delivers trusted embedded design innovation with complete semiconductor solutions that enable billions of connected, intelligent devices to enhance the way people work and live—securely and safely. The number one global supplier of microcontrollers, and a leader in Analog & Power and SoC products, Renesas provides the expertise, quality, and comprehensive solutions for a broad range of Automotive, Industrial, Home Electronics (HE), Office Automation (OA) and Information Communication Technology (ICT) applications to help shape a limitless future. Learn more at renesas.com.

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